BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo announced on Friday, January 17 that its historic jaguar cub, the first born at the zoo in more than ...

The zoo said the original Lacumba, which means “Heart of Africa,” was introduced in 1971. Her successor, Lacumba II, was a beloved mascot until 2004. Naming the zoo’s new jaguar cub Lacumba III honors ...

Animals were also revered in Teotihuacán, with evidence that they were given as gifts, sacrificed, or venerated. Many of the animals found in the burial sites were also apex predators at the top of ...

Certain species of large snakes like the Reticulated Python, Green Anaconda, and Burmese Python possess the ability to devour ...